CVE-2010-0232: Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Vulnerability
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
The kernel in Microsoft Windows NT 3.1 through Windows 7, including Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Windows Server 2008 Gold and SP2, when access to 16-bit applications is enabled on a 32-bit x86 platform, does not properly validate certain BIOS calls, which allows local users to gain privileges by crafting a VDM_TIB data structure in the Thread Environment Block (TEB), and then calling the NtVdmControl function to start the Windows Virtual DOS Machine (aka NTVDM) subsystem, leading to improperly handled exceptions involving the #GP trap handler (nt!KiTrap0D), aka "Windows Kernel Exception Handler Vulnerability."
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Microsoft: Windows
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/01/20/security-advisory-979682-released.aspx (opens in new tab)
- lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-January/006000.html (opens in new tab)
- lock.cmpxchg8b.com/c0af0967d904cef2ad4db766a00bc6af/KiTrap0D.zip (opens in new tab)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-015 (opens in new tab)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jan/341 (opens in new tab)
- secunia.com/advisories/38265 (opens in new tab)
- securitytracker.com/id (opens in new tab)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55742 (opens in new tab)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8344 (opens in new tab)
- www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/979682.mspx (opens in new tab)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509106/100/0/threaded (opens in new tab)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/37864 (opens in new tab)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-040A.html (opens in new tab)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0179 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)